According to the 2011 census Dhenkanal district has a population of 1,192,811,[1] roughly equal to the nation of Timor-Leste[4] or the US state of Rhode Island.

[1] The district has a population density of 268 inhabitants per square kilometre (690/sq mi) .

[1] Dhenkanal has a sex ratio of 947 females for every 1000 males,[1] and a literacy rate of 79.41%.

[1] Languages in Dhenkanal district (2011)[6] At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 96.17% of the population in the district spoke Odia, 1.24% Munda, 0.91% Santali and 0.48% Juang as their first language.

Other colleges and schools, universities, and institutes include: Dhenkanal has four Vidhan sabha constituencies within the Dhenkanal parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency.